Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any other anime - I just like making up stories…oh, and this is my third official fan fic and my first InuYasha fan fic so I'll just apologize now if it sucks. Sorry!


Chapter Six: Kagome Gets Mad
A large campfire was set up as all the party regrouped for the night once again in the cave. Kagome sat nearest the entrance, holding Shippo happily on her lap. Beside her, the wolf Kouga stared into the fire he had built. On the other side of Kagome sat a disgruntled Inuyasha who glared angrily at Kouga. Several large rabbits were roasting slowly over the fire and outside crickets were chirping. The cave would have been silent during dinner if Sango had not unfortunately sat next to Miroku. But as she plopped down next to him and began to eat on the roasted rabbit, Miroku's possessed hand came to life yet again. Moments later a large, red welt appeared on the monks face, still he smiled happily as he began eating his rabbit.

"Why do you do that?" Sango growled at the monk.

"Why do I do what?" Miroku answered her.

"You know what you're doing."

"I'm afraid I have no control over it." He said sadly shaking his head. "It's my curse."

The half demon across the campfire snorted loudly. "Sure, if that's what you want to call it."

"I can't believe you're just sitting here chit chatting when we have such a serious situation on our hands!" Kouga growled.

"Hey! Who's just sitting here?" Inuyasha was on his feet. "We can't do anything without Kagome's permission so you should just shut up."

"Oh yea? Who's gonna make me?" Kouga jumped up.

"I am!" Inuyasha was growling.

"Oh, stop it both of you!" Kagome shouted as she got to her feet. "Inuyasha, sit boy! And you," She pointed her finger at the wolf demon as the half-demon went crashing into the ground. "You're not being very helpful right now, you're just picking fights! So maybe you should leave."

The rest of the party all stopped what they were doing and stared at Kagome. Sango blinked hard and leaned over to whisper in Miroku's ear. "I wouldn't want to be Kouga or Inuyasha right now. I've never seen her this angry before."

"Me neither, very scary." Miroku nodded in agreement.

Kouga slowly got to his feet and shrugged. "As my lady requests, because I love you I cannot make you unhappy. I'll leave if you ask me to, but, I fear you'd be making quite the mistake."

Kagome crossed her arms and frowned at him. "Don't bother trying to tell me what to do. You can leave now, and when you learn how to stop picking fights you can come back. Goodbye." She pointed a finger at the entrance and tapped her foot impatiently. Kouga, looking slightly confused, obeyed without saying another word.

Silence filled the cave yet again after the demon had departed and the party slowly resumed their meal. Miroku and Sango kept looking up at each other and glancing around the room as if they were silently communicating. Shippo and Inuyasha , who had obviously recovered from his punishment, were occupied with fighting over the food; Shippo of course usually came up on the losing side of the battle. Kagome, who had not paid the least attention to the meal, blinked starry-eyed at the sky out of the cave. She sighed. What am I going to do? Oh, I'd rather be in school taking a test than in this stupid cave dealing with this stupid demon. She frowned.

"Kagome?" The kitsune spoke softly up at the priestess.

"Yes Shippo?"

"You haven't eaten anything. You'll have to eat if you want to be strong enough to fight the demon. Can I do anything to help?"

"No thanks Shippo, I'll be fine, I'm just not very hungry right now." Kagome said.

"Typical," Inuyasha snorted again. "Kagome, you're gonna make yourself sick if you don't eat something."

Kagome stood up. "I can't help it; I'm just not very hungry." She moved closer to the mouth of the cave and stood looking out. This is silly. She thought to herself. I need to think! Why can't I think? Why can't I just relax? Kagome closed her eyes and reflected back on her earlier conversation with Miroku.


"Well, then who will it be? Kouga or Inuyasha? One of them will have to go with you into your dreams." Miroku looked at Kagome with an intense expression on his face.

Kagome sighed and looked up in time to see Inuyasha had returned to the cave with over a dozen rabbit's slung over his shoulder. She blinked at him. He blinked back. Kagome wondered why he had brought so many rabbits. That's far too many. Then she wondered if he had heard the question Miroku had asked. "Miroku, this isn't fair! Can't you give a girl a moment to collect herself before pushing her into making such a big decision?" She held her head in her hands for a moment before glaring up at Miroku with an obvious frustration.

Miroku put his hands up in protest. "Look, I'm not the one who can't get any sleep because I've got a demon entering into my mind whenever I shut my eyes."

Kagome groaned in frustration. "Seriously! Why me?"

By this time Kouga had also returned to the cave with a large pile of firewood. Kagome watched Inuyasha's reaction to the wolf demon and frowned. Who do I pick? She cleared her throat. "I can't do this right now."

"I understand. But, just so you know Kagome, if this demon goes unchecked he will soon began to control you. Who knows what he'll want you to do."

"I know, I'm not giving up, I'm just…I just can't make up my mind that quickly."

"Don't make this into a mountain when it is merely a molehill Kagome." The monk got to his feet and walked out of the cave leaving the priestess to her thoughts.


Kagome spotted a shooting star in the night sky and sighed.

"You've been doing a lot of that." A voice from behind her came. "You know, staring off into space like that isn't gonna make the demon go away." Inuyasha leaned against the cave wall and crossed his arms behind his head. He turned his face out towards the moonlight and grinned. "Just hurry up and give me permission to go into your dreams and I'll kill him."

Kagome turned to look at him. This whole thing doesn't bother him at all. He acts like it's no big deal, how typical! She looked back into the night's sky and sighed. You know, I'm not exactly thrilled about you coming into my dreams like that. It's bad enough having a demon in there, but you too? What if my dream is something weird? I'd be embarrassed! And what if the demon is stronger than we thought and what if he kills you and I'm helpless to stop him! What if-" Kagome stopped short. While she had been ranting Inuyasha had been watching her face as she got more and more worked up. Suddenly he had reached out and captured on of her hands in his while his other hand turned her face towards him. Kagome felt herself blushing horribly at his hand on her face, wishing she could just close her eyes and hide.

"Listen Kagome, you're worrying about nothing. I'm not going to die and I'm not going to laugh at your dreams, so you've really got nothing to worry about. Let's just get this over with alright?"


To Be Continued…
Ugh, I have a head cold. What do you think? lisa